Hurricane Irma remains a Category 3 with potential to grow

Hurricane Irma moving west

Hurricane Irma is back up to a Category 3 storm with 115 mph maximum sustained winds and expected to get stronger, predicted the National Hurricane Center’s 5 a.m. advisory. The storm is moving west-southwest, but expected to turn west on Monday.

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Hurricane Irma is back up to a Category 3 storm with 115 mph maximum sustained winds and expected to get stronger, predicted the National Hurricane Center’s 5 a.m. advisory. The storm is moving west-southwest, but expected to turn west on Monday.

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The hurricane center on Sunday advised the Leeward Islands, about 855 miles west of Irma, to keep track of the storm with “Hurricane and Tropical Storm Watches will likely be required for portions of these islands later today or tonight.”

As storms go, Irma is a compact system with hurricane-force winds up to 25 miles from the center and tropical storm winds up to 80 miles from the center.